Improvement in shoes



C. C. MORSE. Improvement in Shoes. N0. 131,295. Patented S ep.10,1872.

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S'r'rns PATENT QFFIGE.

SAGE, AND MORSE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 131,295, dated September 10, 1872 Specification describing a certain Improvement in Shoes, invented by CHARLES C. MORSE, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York.

My invention consists in cutting the upper in a single piece, formed with a slit, whereby the same is adapted to the insertion of a gore, and said upper constitutes the whole foot and leg portion of the shoe, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective View of a finished shoe made in my improved manner; Fig. 2, rear elevation of the same;

Fig; 3, a plan of the upper before being crimped; Fig. 4., a perspective view of the same after being crimped; Fig. 5, the gore.

This shoe is intended more particularly for plowmens use, being made high in the leg, as shown; but it is equally adapted for other uses, and may be made of good quality for ordinary wear.

In the front of the leg portion, and on one side, is inserted a gore, A, for excluding dirt, and this gore is covered by a lapel or flap, B, which is secured by a buckle, at. These features are highly desirable in plow-shoes, as no dirt can enter, and the leg of the shoe is made to fit closely and smoothly to the an kle of the wearer. In order to adapt the upper or vamp G to the insertion of this gore said upper is made in a peculiar manner. It is cut from the leather in a single piece, of the form shown in Fig. 3--that is, with the front portion b rounded or made convex to form the toe and front sides of the foot, and with the sides and rear 0 01 made angular and nearly square, so that when doubled and crimped in proper form said edges 0 0 will meet at the rear and center of the heel. A straight slit, f is also cut longitudinally in the leather, on one side of the'center, a suitable distance inward, as shown. The jaws do not reach deep enough to strike to the slit or opening. The upper thus out is placed upon a tree and crimped into the form shown, Fig. 4, which brings the edges 0 0 together at the rear, in position for seaming to form the heel, and also turns the slit f into the curved form indicated. The gore A, which has the proper curves p q to fit the slit, is now sewed in, the lapel stitched on, and the rear seam 9 closed up, when the whole is ready for the application of the soles.

The shoe thus formed has its upper made from a single piece of leather, which constitutes both the foot and the leg. The form of the upper and the cutting of the slit are specially adapted to the insertion of the gore and application of the flap, as before described. This constitutes the novelty in my invention. There is also great saving of material and time from this plan, since less leather is used and but a single seam is required besides the stitchin g of the gore and flap.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a plow-shoe, the upper 0, cut and formed, as described, from a single piece of leather, and provided with the concavo-convex gore A and flap B, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, CHAS. O. MORSE.

Witnesses:

E. B. PoPE, E. 0. SAGE. 

